Chapter 10
Just with this move, Grace and Celia, who were notorious like rats crossing the street a few days ago, became the most prestigious ladies of Rivergate City overnight.
No one dared to say that Grace had been a mistress before, and no one dared to say that they were malicious,
It was all thanks to Samuel
The sky was somewhat gloomy.
I was in the garden, not knowing how long I had been sitting there.
I was told that one couldn’t beat someone who was much stronger than one.
The sun was setting when Samuel came back.
Today seemed to be the last day of the three–year contract.
He was bathed in a dim yellow light. I looked up but couldn’t see his face clearly.
As he came closer, he casually threw a thin blanket over my knees and said. “You know she’s protected. Why humiliate yourself?”
Humiliate myself?
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I felt like laughing, but suddenly I coughed up a mouthful of blood.
“Vivian?” Samuel’s expression changed abruptly.
He fumbled to hold me and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.
His movements were so gentle, as if he had truly cared about me.
My heart was icy cold, but a smile tugged at the corner of my mouth.
I said, “Do you know? My mother had a chance to win the Global Jewelry Design Competition that year, but she was pregnant with me and missed the opportunity.
“After I was born, she gave up her career to take better care of Matthew and me, becoming a housewife. She never had the chance to pick up her pen again after she fell ill.
“The championship of the Global Jewelry Design Competition was my mother’s lifelong dream and mine too.”
I looked at my useless hand. “You’ve destroyed my last chance. Are you happy now?”
Samuel’s movements froze for a moment, a flash of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. “You know everything?”
I laughed more bitterly. “You locked me in a dark room, causing me to develop claustrophobia.
“You cut my hand tendons, broke my limbs, and made me a cripple. Now you’ve destroyed my last hope.
“I’m curious. What else do you p
plan to do to me for Celia’s sake, Mr. Hartley?” I said the last sentence very loudly.
Samuel stood up and sighed heavily, “I didn’t want to deal with you.”
He raised his hand, and several well–dressed, black–suited bodyguards appeared from somewhere and immediately. surrounded me.
I wasn’t afraid at all. Instead, I looked at him and smiled, “Are you going to kill me now?”
He frowned slightly, and after a few seconds, his expression relaxed. “I warned you not to harm Celia.”
With another raise of his hand, the bodyguards took me away in unison.
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Chapter 10
I was put into the car along with my wheelchair.
Tm sending you to a place where you can live out the rest of your life without appearing in front of Celia again,” he said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the vehicle started and drove away from the familiar villa.
Through the car window, I stared at Samuel, and tears finally fell uncontrollably, for the person I had loved wrong, for my own powerlessness, and for my mother who died unwillingly.
“Sammy, will you go shopping with me?” As soon as Samuel had seen me off, Celia’s call came through.
A faint smile curled at the corner of Samuel’s lips. From then on, there was no more obstacle between them, and no one dared to bully the person he wanted to protect.
He drove to pick up Celia and took her to the mall to buy clothes.
“Tomorrow, what do you think I should wear?” Celia was as excited as a dancing
Samuel smiled indulgently, “You look good in anything, Mr. Hartley will like it all”
Celia pouted, “You’re just flattering me again. How do you know Mr. Hartley will like it?”
Samuel just smiled without answering-
He wasn’t in a hurry. He was waiting to surprise her tomorrow.
After buying clothes, they went to a jewelry store.
This jewelry store was under the Harley Group. Before Celia entered the store, the store manager had received orders from above and came to receive Celia personally. “Ms. Sinclair, Mr. Hartley said that you can take away anything you take a fancy
Celia’s cheeks turned rosy. “That’s too embarrassing. Ill just pick one.”
Even the store manager thought she was a very modest young lady and couldn’t help but look at her with more respect
Celia turned back and cooed, “Sammy, you have good taste. Help me pick a bracelet.
Samuel looked at the ruby bracelet on her wrist. “Actually, this one is quite nice.”
Celia smiled. She knew Samuel had a special liking for this bracelet, which was why she would wear it every time she saw him.
“This one is just a cheap item, only worth a hundred thousand or so. Will it lower my value if I wear it to see Mr. Hartley!” she murmured.
Upon seeing her shy and eager–to–see–her–crush expression, Samuel’s mood improved a bit. “Of course not. As long as it’s you,
it’s fine.”
It was not until late at night that Samuel drove Celia back to the Sinclair residence.
“Looking forward to tomorrow?” he asked warmly.
Celia nodded. “Yes. Very much so.”
But she didn’t snub this backstabbing lickspittle. So she held Samuel’s hand. “But Sammy, you will always be my good friend and the most important one.”
The most important?
Samuel had been abandoned by his mother as a child, betrayed by his father, and persecuted by his stepmother and half-
brother.
This was the first time someone had told him that he was the most important person. He finally waited for this day.
Even Vivian had never said such a thing, though she had been chasing him for three years.
Chapter 10
Samuel indulgently patted the top of her head.
It seemed that all his past wounds had been healed. His eyes were so gentle they seemed to be dripping with tenderness.
Celia watched Samuel leave.
Grace was puzzled. “Mr. Hartley is coming tomorrow. Why are you still flirting with Samuel? You’re not really interested in him, are you?”
Celia put away her coquettishness and said disdainfully, “He’s just a lapdog of Vivian’s. Anything Vivian likes, I’m going to take
away.”
“Mom, don’t you think it’s fun to see Vivian lose the things she values every time?”
She continued, “Her most trusted brother, the man she likes, the championship of the Global Jewelry Design Competition, her mother’s relics, even her mother’s ashes, I’ve got them all.
“She and her mother are both so weak, unable to bear the slightest provocation.”
Im glad I had you send those naked photos to her mother and deliberately visit her on her birthday. Look, someone who could have lasted two more years was gone in just three months.” Celia laughed.
Grace was very pleased. “Celia, you’re the best. Vivian and her mother are just too weak”
Matthew, who had just come downstairs to welcome his beloved sister, quietly withdrew his foot.
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